Laure Cinti-Damoreau

Madame Damoreau Cinti (1836)
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Portrait of Laure Cinti-Damoreau
from Le Monde Dramatique

Costume d'Henriette jouee par Madame Cinti-Damoreau (1836)
Colour print
Laure Cinti-Damoreau in costume as d'Henriette in L'Ambassadrice

Born: 6 February 1801
Died: 25 February 1863
Years active: 1816-1848
Laure Cinti-Damoreau was a French soprano opera singer.
She was born Laure-Cinthie Montalant in Paris and went on to study both voice and piano at the Paris Conservatory, where Angelica Catalani was one of her singing teachers. She made her professional debut in 1816 at the Théâtre-Italien in Vincente Martin y Soler's opera Una cosa rara. Whilst there she devised her stage name Cinti by Italianizing her middle name. After enjoying a successful career, particularly as the leading lady in many Rossini operas, she returned to the Paris Conservatory where she taught as a professor from 1833-1856. Whilst there she published a Méthode de chant still available today as the Classic Bel Canto Technique.

Alexandre Lacauchie (1814-1886)
Madame Damoreau Cinti (1838)
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Laure Cinti-Damoreau in costume as Angèle de Olivarès in the opera Le Domino Noir

Costume de M'elle Cinti, role de Pamyra
Colour print
Portrait of Laure Cinti-Damoreau in costume as Pamyra in the opera Siege de Corinthe
Costume de Madame Cinti-Damoreau, role D'Isabelle (1837)
Colour print
Laure Cinti-Damoreau in costume as D'Isabelle in the opera Robert le Diable